]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/cyrus-suttons-island-earth-makes-hawaiian-debut/feed/17Whither The Thruster? - When alternative shapes become the normhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/whither-the-thruster/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/whither-the-thruster/#commentsSun, 04 Dec 2016 15:22:09 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=280829I recently sold the very last “regular shortboard” in my garage. I parted with the beautiful custom-made 6’3″ squashtail for a song, glad to trade it for the increased storage space. Hadn’t picked up the board for over a year anyway. I’ve still got a roundpin step-up in the mix in order to kid myself

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/whither-the-thruster/feed/5What’s So Great About The Great Outdoors? - Why is it so difficult to convince surfers to protect the environment?http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/whats-so-great-about-the-great-outdoors/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/whats-so-great-about-the-great-outdoors/#commentsThu, 17 Nov 2016 17:35:59 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=279614A couple months back, I got a phone call from a guy—let’s call him Mr. Muir—who runs a surfy nonprofit focused on environmental causes. It’s an organization you’ve probably heard of, trying their damnedest to preserve great surf spots around the world from threats you had no idea even existed. “You want them on that

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/whats-so-great-about-the-great-outdoors/feed/3Surfer, Save Thyself - Longboard Champ Cori Schumacher wins Carlsbad City Council seat, has advice for concerned surfershttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surfer-save-thyself/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surfer-save-thyself/#commentsFri, 11 Nov 2016 15:03:35 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=278861On Tuesday Cori Schumacher, three-time women’s longboard world champ and vocal surf community gadfly/activist, won a seat on the Carlsbad City Council, a coastal town in North San Diego County. Carlsbad is a politically conservative ‘burb, and Schumacher, an outspoken LBGT activist, was a surprise victor, buoyed in part by her prominent role in opposing

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surfer-save-thyself/feed/3When John Severson Stared Down Pres. Nixon - "Surfing in Nixonland" is a charming bit of OC surf memoirhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/when-john-severson-stared-down-president-nixon/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/when-john-severson-stared-down-president-nixon/#respondThu, 08 Sep 2016 13:53:38 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=274858The New York Times rarely lowers itself to wallow in surfing’s tiny section of the pop culture pool, but they recently published a great little memoir by David Morris, a former Marine who began surfing Cottons in the mid ’00s. Morris uses his experience there as a jumping-off point to ponder the clash of civilizations

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/when-john-severson-stared-down-president-nixon/feed/0Trickle-Up Surfonomics - When will we right the upside-down logic of modern surfboard tech?http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/trickle-up-surfonomics/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/trickle-up-surfonomics/#commentsTue, 06 Sep 2016 17:00:37 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=274750I know this sounds like a stretch, but even if you aren’t an auto-racing fan, the sport still manages to touch your life every time you drive a car. Pardon the gearhead-speak for a moment, but useful and often lifesaving advances like disc brakes, radial tires, fast-shifting automatic transmissions, and traction control—among many other bits

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/trickle-up-surfonomics/feed/10Van to #Vanlife in Just 30 Minutes - Baja, here you come with lunchtime conversion kithttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/van-to-vanlife-in-just-30-minutes/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/van-to-vanlife-in-just-30-minutes/#commentsWed, 24 Aug 2016 21:58:30 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=273960Do you have the #vanlife desire and the #vanlife van but not the #vanlife DIY skills to #vanlife properly? Well, click right this way for an easy #vanlife solution. Wayfarer Vans, which, whether they intended it or not, is a name mashup of two of surfing’s most iconic bits of fashion, has figured out an

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/van-to-vanlife-in-just-30-minutes/feed/1Surf Naked: It’s National Nude Day - Don't knock it 'til you've tried ithttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surf-naked-its-national-nude-day/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surf-naked-its-national-nude-day/#commentsThu, 14 Jul 2016 13:42:26 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=271944Loosen your boardshorts, untie those bikini straps, undo whatever you have to undo to slink out of a one-piece—it’s National Nude Day! The “holiday” started in New Zealand in 1976, though nobody apparently really knows why, or how, but it exists anyway, overshadowed in importance—and just barely—by France’s Bastille Day. Speaking of Bastille Day, this

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surf-naked-its-national-nude-day/feed/1Bruce Gold: Surf Hippy Extraordinaire - Philosophy of J-Bay Dirtbagging 101 with Bruce Goldhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/bruce-gold-surf-hippy-extraordinaire/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/bruce-gold-surf-hippy-extraordinaire/#commentsMon, 27 Jun 2016 22:17:19 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=271248Surf J-Bay all morning, pluck oysters all afternoon, sell ’em in the pub that night, repeat. I don’t know much about Bruce Gold here, but I do know that he just might be my new favorite surfer. That syrupy sweet South African accent, that love for his battered cat Scootergirl, the hands on the hips

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/bruce-gold-surf-hippy-extraordinaire/feed/1Return of the Surf Video Game - Spend even more time glued to your phone with "The Journey"http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/return-surf-video-game/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/return-surf-video-game/#respondWed, 22 Jun 2016 18:09:37 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=270999Ever hear of iHunch? Does iPosture ring a bell anywhere? Funny names for the semi-serious neck and back posture problems we’re all developing from craning our domes over the lords of our lives—our precious, precious smartphones. Well, as if you needed yet another thing gluing your face to your AMOLED screen, along comes “The Journey,” a surf

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/return-surf-video-game/feed/0(Maybe) Conquer Big-Wave Fears in One Hour! - "Brainspot" your way to the Mavericks Bowlhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/conquer-big-wave-fears-in-one-hour/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/conquer-big-wave-fears-in-one-hour/#commentsTue, 31 May 2016 18:27:09 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=269148No better fix than a quick fix, amirite? Who wants to learn to overcome fears with plodding care? I sure as hell don’t. We’ve got a limited number of trips around the sun here, so spending years working up the courage to confront pit-of-the-soul terrors of man-eating waves sounds dreadfully boring. As does dropping good

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/conquer-big-wave-fears-in-one-hour/feed/2The Last Best Surfer - Kelly Slater is known as the best surfer in the world. But will anyone ever agree on that title again?http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-last-best-surfer/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-last-best-surfer/#commentsWed, 30 Mar 2016 17:35:41 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=265754If you’re the sort of surfer who takes time to read this magazine and aren’t simply flipping through the pages to drool over the photos, then I’m confident I can sketch a spot-on picture of you, dear reader. You’re a man, roughly 31 years old. You’re a goofyfoot, and you surf twice a week. You

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-last-best-surfer/feed/26Long Live The Surf Shop - Can surf shops survive the online shopping revolution?http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/long-live-the-surf-shop/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/long-live-the-surf-shop/#commentsThu, 24 Mar 2016 23:17:13 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=265486As the Internet continues its inexorable march, stomping all the best parts of human civilization into dust in the name of convenience, one of the first casualties littering the road to the Matrix will surely be the independent retailer. As if the looming specter of big-box chains like Walmart and Costco Pied Pipering the middle

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/long-live-the-surf-shop/feed/2Ken Bradshaw and the Tow-Surf Cul-de-sac - Remember Bradshaw's Biggest Wednesday Outer Logs mission? It's 18 years old, todayhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/remember-biggest-wednesday/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/remember-biggest-wednesday/#commentsThu, 28 Jan 2016 20:55:07 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=262583Remember “Biggest Wednesday”? January 28th, 1998? Ken Bradshaw whipped into the Biggest Wave Ever Surfed™ 18 years ago today, riding not only a 50-foot Outer Log Cabins behemoth, but also the crest of a tow-surfing wave that would—outside of Nazare—come crashing down in a heap of disinterest within the surf world in just a handful of

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/remember-biggest-wednesday/feed/1The Freshness of Surf Fashion - A walk through the ages in surf couturehttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-freshness-of-surf-fashion/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-freshness-of-surf-fashion/#commentsMon, 14 Dec 2015 16:30:16 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=260106Surf fashion unquestionably peaked in the early ’60s. Canvas trunks, rugged denim jeans, white T-shirts, cable-knit sweaters, aloha shirts, and cheap leather slaps formed the typical surfer’s wardrobe. Those weren’t necessarily even stylistic choices when you think about it; that was just the most functional clothing of the time for a surfer. Over the next

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-freshness-of-surf-fashion/feed/2Clark Foam’s Demise, 10 Years Later - A decade after "Blank Monday," it's a great time to be a surfboard customer http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/clark-foams-demise-10-years-later-grubby-clark/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/clark-foams-demise-10-years-later-grubby-clark/#commentsFri, 11 Dec 2015 20:25:31 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=259928This month marks the tenth anniversary of Grubby Clark faxing a seven-page letter to all of his customers announcing that, effective immediately, he was shuttering his foam blank manufacturing business. Had the sun failed to rise on the morning of December 5 2005, when fax machines all over the world beeped to life and spit

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/clark-foams-demise-10-years-later-grubby-clark/feed/10Video Quest - Deconstructing our world through surf videoshttp://www.surfermag.com/features/video-quest/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/video-quest/#commentsFri, 23 Oct 2015 07:17:32 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=256811Of all the movies in which aliens learn everything they know about life on Earth from watching our TV shows and films, Galaxy Quest is by far the best. Tim Allen acts his ass off as the star of a hokey space-adventure drama modeled on Star Trek. A hapless planet full of literally humorless aliens

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/video-quest/feed/1Mick’s Mom Has Beef with KFC’s Shark Parody - Fanning's mother and the WSL lash out at KFC's new commercialhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/micks-mom-has-beef-with-kfcs-shark-parody/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/micks-mom-has-beef-with-kfcs-shark-parody/#commentsMon, 19 Oct 2015 19:20:44 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=256743Elizabeth Osborne, Mick Fanning’s mother, has seen the KFC South Africa spoof of Fanning’s shark scare at J-Bay earlier this year, and she didn’t find it to be particularly funny. “I think it is very disrespectful,” she recently told Fairfax Media. “It really brings back a lot of trauma for everybody who has been attacked

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/micks-mom-has-beef-with-kfcs-shark-parody/feed/2Duke’s Creed - The Bishop Museum pays tribute to Duke Kahanamoku with new exhibithttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/dukes-creed/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/dukes-creed/#commentsTue, 15 Sep 2015 22:19:12 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=254181It’s a sweltering summer morning at the Bishop Museum in Honolulu, and I’ve just stepped foot inside the newly opened Duke Kahanamoku exhibit. What I see is striking. Stretched across the exhibit stands a sweeping collection of artifacts, tall wooden surfboards, and interactive games telling the story of one of Hawaii’s favorite sons. This year

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/dukes-creed/feed/1Rebel Whisper - Is surfing's rebel culture dead?http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/rebel-whisper/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/rebel-whisper/#commentsThu, 10 Sep 2015 21:19:15 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=254058A few years ago, the Supreme Court justices climbed atop their bench, raised their gavels as one, and shouted to all the land, “Fuck it! No more fines for profanity on broadcast TV!” Well, sort of. Basically the Court tossed out a bunch of fines the FCC was desperately trying to levy on the networks for some uncensored

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/rebel-whisper/feed/21From Peter Drouyn to Westerly Windina - An interview with Jamie Brisick about surfing's first transgender starhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/from-peter-drouyn-to-westerly-windina/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/from-peter-drouyn-to-westerly-windina/#commentsTue, 18 Aug 2015 19:00:43 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=253118The first time Australia’s Peter Drouyn stormed pro surfing’s stage in the early ’70s, he came from seemingly nowhere—a Queenslander in an era dominated by Sydney surfers. He ran off a string of impressive contest results, including three podium finishes at Bells Beach (’71, ’74, ’77); first place at the Makaha International (’70); and an

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/from-peter-drouyn-to-westerly-windina/feed/7From My Cold, Dead Hands - Hollister Ranch, Martin's Beach, and the battle for public access http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/from-my-cold-dead-hands-hollister-ranch-martins-beach/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/from-my-cold-dead-hands-hollister-ranch-martins-beach/#respondWed, 29 Jul 2015 17:45:07 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=252389Vinod Khosla wants you to stay the hell off his beach. A co-founder of Sun Microsystems, noted multi-billionaire, and occasionally celebrated green-tech crusader, Khosla paid $37.5 million in 2008 for Martin’s Beach, a 53-acre parcel situated about 25 miles south of San Francisco in San Mateo County. The last thing he wants is a bunch

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/kelly-slaters-cool-ass-new-surf-line/feed/28Watch: Curt Harper, Surf Legend - "Curt" tells the story of one of the surf world's finest peoplehttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/watch-curt-harper-surf-legend/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/watch-curt-harper-surf-legend/#commentsTue, 30 Jun 2015 22:49:00 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=251065I’d never heard of Curt Harper until I watched this short film. By the end of it, he’d become my favorite surfer. Curt is one of the most touching, rewarding films you’ll see in years. It tells the story of Curt Harper, a 49-year-old surfer who’s grown up with the challenges of autism, and who’s befriended

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/axel-irons-pine-trees-classic/feed/2The Best Surf Film Trailer of the Year - "Forbidden Trim" can't get here soon enoughhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-best-surf-film-trailer-of-the-year/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-best-surf-film-trailer-of-the-year/#commentsThu, 18 Jun 2015 15:30:51 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=250297Well, this looks absolutely incredible. Waiting for the new Star Wars is painful enough. But now we have to wait for Forbidden Trim too? Criminal. Super 8 film. Hand-built sets. Curren surfing a weird board in a hat. Dolph Lundgren lookalikes rising from jungle ponds. An honest-to-God plot. Take all of my money, director George

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-best-surf-film-trailer-of-the-year/feed/4The Class of 2015 - CJ Hobgood, Grubby Clark, and John Davis inducted into the Surfers' Hall of Famehttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-surfers-hall-of-fame-class-of-2015/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-surfers-hall-of-fame-class-of-2015/#commentsWed, 03 Jun 2015 18:19:15 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=248905Once a year, the Surfers’ Hall of Fame pours some wet concrete in Huntington Beach so that a few giants of our sport can stomp a permanent reminder of the footprint they’ve left in surfing over the span of their careers. In 2015, joining the like of Andy Irons, Kelly Slater, Shaun Tomson, Rabbit Kekai,

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-surfers-hall-of-fame-class-of-2015/feed/3Surfers: Handle With Care - From world-class pros to workaday joes, oversensitivity is the rule in surfinghttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surfers-handle-with-care/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surfers-handle-with-care/#commentsMon, 11 May 2015 16:12:54 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=247568You can get away with bringing a comfort animal pretty much anywhere in the country these days. Fly commercial with a dog on your lap? Sure. Bring a pig with you to the DMV? Yep. Does your emotional-support lizard reduce personal anxiety? Go ahead and let it waddle next to you at an art gallery.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surfers-handle-with-care/feed/15Happy Birthday, In God’s Hands - 17 years later, where has the time gone?http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/happy-birthday-in-gods-hands/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/happy-birthday-in-gods-hands/#commentsFri, 24 Apr 2015 16:49:23 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=246605Let’s go back to the late ’90s, just for a few minutes, I promise. Unbuttoned white dress shirts were cool. Baggy stonewashed jeans were cool. Wire-framed sunglasses, believe it or not, cool. Tribal armband tattoos, also somehow cool I guess. Porno for Pyros were as close to cool as they would ever be. Shaun Tomson was maybe the

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/happy-birthday-in-gods-hands/feed/5Gabriel Medina Is One Of TIME’s “Most Influential 100” - Move over Pope Francis, Björk, and Barack Obamahttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/gabriel-medina-time-100/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/gabriel-medina-time-100/#commentsThu, 16 Apr 2015 19:47:18 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=245961Gabriel Medina, who held the top spot on our 2014 Hot 100 list, has just been announced as a member of an even more exclusive club in 2015: TIME’s list of the 100 Most Influential People in the World. Medina is in the “Icons” category, along with fellow Influential 100ers Pope Francis, Björk, Justice Ruth

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/gabriel-medina-time-100/feed/6Explaining Brazil’s Surfing Boom - The New York Times weighs inhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/explaining-brazils-surfing-boom/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/explaining-brazils-surfing-boom/#commentsMon, 30 Mar 2015 21:25:20 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=245001The New York Times, not a publication typically enamored with pro surfing, has published three articles featuring Gabriel Medina in the last year alone. The most recent, “What Explains Brazil’s Surfing Boom?” was printed in the opinion section, of all places, in Sunday’s issue. The answer to the headline’s question has nothing to do with

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/explaining-brazils-surfing-boom/feed/6Through Morocco’s Lens - Thomas Campbell's "Seeing Fatima's Eyes" is a stunning collection of desert surf imageryhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/through-moroccos-lens/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/through-moroccos-lens/#commentsFri, 27 Mar 2015 16:36:22 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=244877In the surf world, Thomas Campbell is probably most known for his warm, sepia-tinted paeans to surfing’s retro-fun side in his films The Seedling, Sprout, and The Present. But Campbell’s been snapping shutters for far longer than he’s been making surf movies. He’s also been surf tripping to Morocco for the past 20 years, often with

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/through-moroccos-lens/feed/1The Surf Pier to Rule Them All - Cocoa Beach kindly requests your surf tourism dollarshttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-surf-pier-to-rule-them-all/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-surf-pier-to-rule-them-all/#commentsWed, 25 Mar 2015 17:13:30 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=244641Dave Netterstrom, the mayor of Cocoa Beach, Florida wants to build you a surf stadium. Specifically Netterstrom and a local group calling itself the First Peak Project want to build a 1,300-foot pier jutting out like a bent elbow into the Atlantic that will focus dreamy little wedges onto the Cocoa Beach sands, a lá

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/the-surf-pier-to-rule-them-all/feed/10Never Too Late - A welcome to those who learn to surf as adultshttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/never-too-late-to-be-called-a-kook/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/never-too-late-to-be-called-a-kook/#commentsThu, 12 Feb 2015 17:23:05 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=242070Being a beginner sucks. There’s nothing worse. If you’ve managed to survive to adulthood while preserving even the tiniest, most minuscule shred of pride, it’s gone the instant you step out on a limb and become—God forbid—new at something. Kids, on the other hand, can learn anything in five minutes and be smug little assholes

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/climb-high-horse/feed/41The End of History - Does progression matter in surfing?http://www.surfermag.com/features/progression-in-surfing/
http://www.surfermag.com/features/progression-in-surfing/#commentsMon, 29 Dec 2014 19:15:09 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=240159It is worth reflecting on the fact that as surfing has grown and evolved since Duke kick-started the sport’s revival a century ago, little seems to have changed when it comes to our pure enjoyment.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/features/progression-in-surfing/feed/26R.I.P. Mike Tabeling: 1949-2014 - An East Coast legend passeshttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/mike-tabeling-1949-2014/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/mike-tabeling-1949-2014/#commentsSun, 21 Dec 2014 19:22:02 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239947Mike Tabeling told me last week that he was hoping to make it to Christmas. I didn’t know the man well, but my sense is that this is one of the very few instances in which he came up short. A rich life, full of waves, laughter, adventure, love. I’ll leave it to those who

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/mike-tabeling-1949-2014/feed/28Godspeed, Travis Logie - The Tour says goodbyehttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/godspeed-travis-logie/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/godspeed-travis-logie/#respondThu, 18 Dec 2014 19:48:32 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239805“I almost felt more sorry for the guy I beat than I was stoked for winning,” Travis Logie told the ASP last month when he announced his decision to retire. It’s just that sort of camaraderie, built over 10 years on Tour, that was on display when he was carried up the beach at Pipe

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/godspeed-travis-logie/feed/0Can Big-Wave Surfing Be Safe? - The New Yorker dives inhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/big-wave-surfing-new-yorker/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/big-wave-surfing-new-yorker/#commentsTue, 16 Dec 2014 21:51:11 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239584If even those of us who are longtime surfers, but not big-wave hellions (me, certainly) are fascinated by how the heavywater crew can survive the beatings they take, imagine how amazed the general, non-surfing public must be. The New Yorker, of all publications, are as befuddled as anybody, so they’ve waded into the developments surrounding

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/big-wave-surfing-new-yorker/feed/14From the Projects to the Beach - Marin County surf camp hosts Sunnydale inner city crewhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/sunnydale-projects-beach/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/sunnydale-projects-beach/#commentsTue, 09 Dec 2014 21:10:08 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=239245The past few years, Ian Glover and the rest of the crew at Marin County’s Big Dog Surf Camp (with help from San Francisco shaper Tim Gras and the TURF Community Development organization) have spent a day sharing the surf with kids from Sunnydale—one of San Francisco’s most violent housing projects. For most of these

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/sunnydale-projects-beach/feed/1Greening the Triple Crown - Curbing that surf contest wastehttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/greening-triple-crown/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/greening-triple-crown/#commentsFri, 05 Dec 2014 22:46:02 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=238967When thousands of visitors descend on a surf contest site, they leave behind a ton of trash in their wake. And it takes a massive amount of energy to run a World Tour event, from fueling the generators that power the electricity used to produce the webcasts, to flying staffmembers—not to mention that giant wooden

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/greening-triple-crown/feed/2Cutback to Australia - A fresh cut of fresh cutshttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/cutback-australia/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/cutback-australia/#respondMon, 10 Nov 2014 22:39:33 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=237913Last year, we ran a charming little edit called “Cutback to California.” It featured a Japanese barber/longboard enthusiast named Karu, who traveled out to California, cut a little hair, and surfed some little waves. This time Karu hit the Australian shore, scissors and log in tow. He even got to give Mark Richards a trim.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/cutback-australia/feed/0Bethany Hamilton’s Got It - "Surfs Like A Girl" biopic in the workshttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/bethany-hamiltons-got-it/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/bethany-hamiltons-got-it/#commentsTue, 21 Oct 2014 18:16:53 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=236846Bethany Hamilton is working on a new two-part biopic called Surfs Like A Girl due out in 2015. This is good news. Her story is well-known, but her surfing could always use more screen time. Plain and simple: Bethany rips. Hard. Hamilton has partnered with Aaron Lieber, the same director who put together Lakey Peterson:

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/bethany-hamiltons-got-it/feed/9Neymar on Medina - Brazilian soccer superstar Neymar Jr. talks about what a surfing World Title would mean for Brazilhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/neymar-medina/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/neymar-medina/#commentsWed, 15 Oct 2014 21:31:26 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=236510Neymar da Silva Santos Júnior—you know him as simply “Neymar,” or at least you should, because he’s a soccer genius—is one of Brazil’s most cherished sports stars. He’s also buddies with Gabriel Medina. The two play a little poker, trade snarky barbs on Instagram, and exchange jerseys, as per the unwritten rules of soccer sportsmanship.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/neymar-medina/feed/5Your Own Surf Paradise - Shopping for private tropical islands has never been easierhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/private-paradise/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/private-paradise/#commentsWed, 08 Oct 2014 22:36:45 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=236156Do you love to surf, but hate the crowds? Tired of scrimping and saving all year to spend a week at a tropical reef pass with 75 other office drones? What if I told you there was a better way? What if I told you there was a website that meant discovering your own little

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/private-paradise/feed/19Leila x Sophia - The Hurst sisters take to the Huntington surf with Life Rolls Onhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/leila-x-sophia/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/leila-x-sophia/#commentsThu, 25 Sep 2014 21:42:23 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=234726Get a little inspiration heading into the weekend. Sophia Hurst—sister to pro surfer Leila Hurst—was born with spina bifida, a spinal condition that causes disability. That doesn’t keep her from getting out into the water occasionally with Leila. Back in August, Sophie and Leila took part in a Life Rolls On event at the Huntington

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/leila-x-sophia/feed/2Surf Craft Comes to San Diego - A look at the Surf Craft exhibition at the Mingei Museum in Balboa Parkhttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surf-craft-comes-san-diego/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surf-craft-comes-san-diego/#commentsWed, 24 Sep 2014 19:22:41 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=235100But my dilettante ways exist independently from appreciation, and currently there’s no better place to appreciate the evolution of surfboard design than the Mingei Museum in Balboa Park, San Diego. From now until January 11, 2015 you will find a comprehensive—and in certain parts of the museum, esoteric—collection of surf vehicles put together by none other than Richard Kenvin. Spread out and suspended amongst the austere Mingei setting are paipos and spoons, asymmetricals and boogie boards, fish and stingers, Simmons twin fins and TOMO MPHs.

]]>http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/surf-craft-comes-san-diego/feed/7Lowers Loves The Kids - A cinematic tour through a history of teenagers crushing it at Lowershttp://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/lowers-loves-kids-2/
http://www.surfermag.com/blogs/culture/lowers-loves-kids-2/#commentsTue, 16 Sep 2014 16:30:15 +0000http://www.surfermag.com/?p=235031As long as there have been rippable peaks at Lowers, the young have come in droves. Limber, full-of-energy teenagers more than eager enough to skip down the path, along the trail, over the tracks, across the sand, over the cobblestones, and into the lineup. Energy undiminished, they’re still ready to paddle around anyone and everyone,